- One fellow cafe user recorded the slumbering PCSO on his mobile phone
- He had finished his tea and cake when his head started dropping forward
- The sleepy law enforcer brought new meaning to the phrase sleeping policeman
- The exhausted man was filmed as he slept in a cafe in Chiswick, London
A Police Community Support Officer had to be woken from his slumber after he nodded off over a cup of tea in a cafe during a break from his patrol.
One fellow cafe user recorded the sleeping PCSO on his mobile phone, he was deeply sleep that his snores grew so loud they could be heard on the film.
The exhausted law enforcer brought new meaning to the phrase sleeping policeman as he snoozed in the cafe on The Avenue, Chiswick, west London.
He had just finished a cup of tea and a piece of cake when other diners noticed his head dropping forward.
One, who filmed him, said: ‘I popped in to get something to eat and while I waited for my food I noticed this guy, he looked like a policeman but was fast asleep.
‘He had a walkie talkie and voices were blasting out of it but he was completely fast on.
‘He was snoring and his head kept dropping forward.
‘He must have been very tired. It didn’t look good though as he was clearly in a uniform.
‘If there had been a nearby robbery or someone had been calling for help he would have been useless.
‘The robbers could have done exactly as they wanted.’
The filmer said the PCSO snoozed for upwards of 15 minutes and was still out cold when he left.
The Community Support Officer’s head grew sleep-heavy asfter he finished his tea and cake
The law enforcer could not fight sleep anymore and he fell into a deep sleep at the London cafe
He took the footage on Friday, September 29 at about 2.30pm.
A spokeswoman for the Metropolitan Police said: ‘We have been made aware of some mobile phone footage of a police community support officer (PCSO) who appears to have fallen asleep whilst in a café in the Chiswick area.
‘The footage is being reviewed and appropriate action will be taken. Enquires continue.
‘The Metropolitan Police Service expects all of its employees to always maintain the highest standard.’